Well, hello one and all! It's bloghop time again and this one's all about pin cushions. At least once a day I think how I really need to make some pincushions so I don't have to cart my one poor little beat up chicken back and forth from the sewing machine to the cutting table and then over to the ironing station. Sometimes I even take him for a visit to the living room end table. Then he gets to have a wet dog nose violate him!!! So, anyway, that is why I thought it would be perfect to join this hop. I had huge plans to make several pincushions. Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans! So, I only got two made but, hey, better than none so.....SUCCESSSSSSS!! I gotta take what I can get sometimes. The first one I made is from a tutorial I found on the Cutting Corners College by Riley Blake. The tutorial was written by Vicki from the Quilting Lodge and called The Cube. I did alter the pockets a little according to what I wanted to put in it. My next project included some fun little items you all might recognize. Anyone anyone...??? Yes, they are little felt M&Ms! I'm not sure how popular they are outside of the US, so if you've never heard of them, they are bits of chocolate with a candy coated shell. So what would I make with these you ask ?! I'll tell you! Make a candy dish full of chocolate goodies into a pincushion! And I had the perfect dish to put them in! Here's my second creation... BAHAHAHAHA, isn't that awesome? ! I'm going to send the candy dish pincushion to the funniest blogger I know. I don't want to say who it is until she gets it. I know with her sense of humor she will get a chuckle out of it. And isn't it fun to send a friend a little pressie for no reason? . So, thanks to Kristen for hosting this hop and to Mme Samm for creating all these great hops! Here's the rest of today's Pin Up, I mean Pin It girls! September 10 Meadowbrook Thimblemouse and Spouse Sunshine Quilting The Distracted Domestic Gingini Karinka De Handwerktuin How ART You? Den syende himmel Stitching & Stuff Susie's World at Quilt Creations Grammie Q's Selina Quilts Pig Tales and Quilts Robin's Fabric Nest Gr8dame's Place Have fun hopping everyone!
